Bed-bottom.



BBD BOTTOM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV4 10, 1909. y

Patented May 17, 1910.

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W. A. MANCHES.

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W. A. MANGHBB.

BED BOTTOIVL l APPLICATION FILED NOV. l0, 1909. 958,266. Patented May l?, 19m

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OQQO 0000000000 WILRD MNCHEE, OF NEU/"ARK, NE JERSEY, ASSBIGNCR TG NEWARK SPRING MATTRESS COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEVI JERSEY, A COREORATIGN QF NE JERSEY.

BED-BOTTOM.

"F'iu/titii, Specification of Letters atent.

Toronto@ May if?, with Application tiled November 10, 1909. Serial No. 527,327`

To al! tti/wmv 'it 'muy con/own.:

Bo it known that L Vilnlmn A. hilztrtonml, a ritizon nl tho Unitrt'l States ot Etnici-ica, aml a rrsitlont ol" Newark. ronnty of lill-ocx. :mtl Statts in New Jmstjv haw invontttl Certain naw :mtl uaolul .lmprm'omonts in Botlllottoms. ol' which th,x following is a Sparili 'alita rrl'oranoo living hail to tho accompaIrving-*tlrawings. thrilling' a part thortof,

lly inwntion rolatoa to improwmonts in hail hottian.` antl partitularlf.' to attathnwntar thvrttor to pruront tho lattral tlisplat'omtnt ot thtl inatlrtw- Iaupportotl thorthy.

lli' yinvilntiun mnsists in wrtiral wovon t'ahrit nwmhom` lavato-tl at thex Sitle ot' thil orilinar)v horizontal nnmhor ot thcl hail hottonn alnl @ml raupports thorotor vonvtniiontly rarriml hr tht` tnil railh4 ol' tho hail lottom tramo. Tho horixont'al monrhor ot tho hott hoitom majf lak a worten taln'ilf similar to thoA matorial utI u'hith thu Yortital mtmlwra` artl l'ornnil` hut it lathvt 1t^iutol'm}inwntion that thtl two naanhora shall ho aoparato antl iinlopumlani'. 'l for tht` roaaon that'. whilo in uw tht` hail hottom is millor ronaitltrahhl tanaion. tho aamt is not trut ot' thov ln orilla' that mi' intontion may llo thoroulfhl)Y 'uinlorrttootltl will now proitwl lo tlr- 'liu an omlnnlinnnt tlnrootI having' rotoront- 1tothvattompan ringtlrawingailluatrating tho :eamo azul will thon point out thtx not'ol l'taturts in rlainis.

l"i;'nr t a top ritw al' a httl hottom vonstrntzttal in arma-llantal with my inwnlion. ltig. .3 a t'iow in zitto rltvation upon an onlai-god scalo, Certain portions; being broken awawv to permit of the illustration of the othor parta` upon a larger saale than would otherwise be possible. Fig. 3 is an @11d View or tho troll bottom with portions similarly hrolion away.

'lho heil bottoni tramo comprises the usual @ntl raila .fr-5 anti longitudinal sido rods (Sull. :mtl thtl ulsual or any desired forni of wovon taln-it is suspended from tho @ntl rails throngY i. thtinetlium of holical springs 8. "l`ho unil rails 5 are proritlotl at' their ends with lna chats 9 to which are secured Vert-ical woron-ftahric moinhors l0. The wovenabrnA ot' tho menthol-S l0 may be` and preferably ia. ,imilar to trat employed for tho horiyannal momlwr T. hut tho said vertical moinlara art pratrrahly srcurotl directly to tho 9 without tho oniploymenti of ill-:whats pt-ings vorrtaikuontling to tha holital springs S. fr tranwrso Connotting` olomtnt ll, cont'llnhnntly o1" tout wire. in sortit-oil ati its opposito @nils l2 to thov lowtr (algas ol the Yortical monthora 1th -hort rolls 13 boing gg'onroniontly lut'atvtl in tho ltoavy hlntling portion with which wown-'tahritof this description is #laterally proviiloth to/ronstit'uto a part. ,to whi'rh thtx wiro ontla may he sotnrotl. The commuting olomont ll is proicrahly located immviliatil)y honoath tho unt'lor sido o tho horizontal mlnnhor T, tho tension upon the wrtit'al nnmlwrs, (lun partl)1 to tho fact: that tht whole 't'ahric is initially uniltr tension, :unl parti)Y tothol 'laot1 that tho lowor oligo thrrto'tI is lig'htly iliatortotl hy tho saitl oonnottinlr moaim musing thv ronntrting moans to lio snugly '1n-plata.

lt will ho apparent thaty when a mattress is plattal upon tho horizontal lnolnhor T,-

tho rt'rtitfal momlars l() will tentl to hohl tho sama against latta-al tlisplaoomont. 'lho :nomhora l() aro protorahly of la hoight slightly losa than tht` thu-linol otV tho mattraan', or at haat not. 2g'ioator than such thickness, ao that tho)V will notl appoar whtn the hall mail@ up. Furthermore, when tho hotl in usw, tho oonnooting;` @lenient will prtw'ont an)l Substantial npr-ninghoing Formed hotwotn tho '.ttljartnt otlgos ot" tho horizontal and vertical momlwrs, whih` at tho santo timely owing` to tlntiattthat tho `vertical momhor aro Vtornnftl as parta inflopontlont of tnhc horizontal 1ntanl or,thoro will hoy no tendency of tho vertical memhtrs to buckle at such times, and particularly when the Weight is unevenly distributed along the horizontal member.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a bed bottom frame and a horizontal metallic fabrio suspended between the end members of the said frame, of inde endent vertical metallic fabrie members lbcated in\ proximity to the lateral edges of the said horizontal member, means located beneath the said horizontal memberfor connecting the lower edges of the said vertical members together, and means carried by the end members of the said frame for supporting the said vertical members and holding them longitudinally under tension.

2. The combination with a bed bottom frame and a horizontal metallic fabric susended between the end members of the said rame, of independent metallic fabric members located in proximity to the lateral edges of thevsaid horizontal member, a wire rod secured at its opposite ends to the lower ends of the said vertical members and disposed intermediate its ends immediately beneath the said horizontal member, and means carlried by the end members of the said frame for supporting the said vertical members and holding them longitudinally under teiil lateral edges of the said horizontal iiiember,`

but generally unconnected therewith, the

said vertical members being also siipiioied f under tension bv the said frame andfmeaiis connecting the lower eda'e of ille said verrical members to the lateral edges of the said horizontal member, at a single point substantially midway of the ends thereof, to i.

cause :the former to move downward with the latter.

WILFRII) A. MANCHEE.

Witnesses:

D. HOWARD Harwooi), LYMAN S. ANDREWS, Jr. 

